- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: PR00042
McCulloch, Deborah Jane
- Cook, Deborah
- Born 25 February 1939, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Died 16 October 2021, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Occupation Lecturer, Poet, Teacher
Summary
Deborah McCulloch was an English teacher and later a lecturer at Salisbury College of Advanced Education. She became involved in the women’s movement in 1971. She was a member of Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) when it started in South Australia. She was appointed as the first Women’s Adviser to the Premier of South Australia in 1976 by Don Dunstan.
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Deborah McCulloch trained as a teacher and worked in South Australia as an English teacher and lecturer. She was active in the Women’s Liberation Movement. She was a member of Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL). She was appointed as the first Women’s Adviser to the Premier of South Australia in 1976 by Don Dunstan. With Yve Repin she formed FEM Enterprises. She published poetry including Waltzing with Alice (1983) and Three’s Company (1992) with Elizabeth Biff Ward and Donna McKimming.
She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Flinders University in 1994 and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in June 2005 for service to the community as a proponent of equal opportunities for women, Indigenous Australians and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
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- Trove: McCulloch, Deborah (19390225-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-461937
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